DISCLAIMER : This was my first ever video. In hindsight, research, pronounciation, sound mixing, editing etc. are all pretty terrible in my opinion. I might remake it some day. Nonetheless, I hope you may still enjoy it :)
Despite few inaccuracies your effort is really commendable. Heck I was surprised you actually bothered to put disclaimer on a vid released few years ago. If you feel bad just remember that in the English version of the game Dynasty Warriors, Koei dubbed Cao Cao as "Cow Cow" and only corrected it after several launches of the sequels. 🙃
What people need to understand, is that less then 1% of those who tried actually passed the Imperial examination. Hong Xiuquans family used to held scholary positions during the Ming dynasty. This placed a heavy burden upon Xiuquans shoulders as they expected him to restore his family's lost honor. At the same time, you have a system that heavily favors those of Manchu decent or those with deep connections within the Qing administration. Hong Xiuquan's familiy were of Hakka descent, a sub group of Han chinese. Which did not help him at the examination, as many families often used their wealth in order to gain an advantage at the examination. It was either that way, or you had to be extraordinary gifted, which Hong Xiuquan unfortunately wasn't.
@@mohamed-2711 I don't think we can say that from what is presented here. He took the tracts but that does not mean that he studied under these people, and we don't know what the teachings were. The missionaries may not have even been Christian. Threw out history a lot of people came up with junk that had nothing to do with Christ stuck the word Christian on it and every body oh and ahed and go that's true just like some use the word science to day.
This conflict has always fascinated me. It's not very well known in the West, often being overshadowed by other conflicts of the period, like the American civil war. Subbed.
The Taiping Rebellion does not get nearly enough press. So much attention put on European wars that were ultimately of less consequence. Good work sir!
The Taiping Rebellion resulted in 20 to 30 million deaths, that is way more than the total number of casualties in World War 1 (which is around 16 million). Possibly half as many deaths as World War 2. It deserves way more attention than it gets based on that alone.
Well done sir! You definitely deserve more subscribers! Glad to see people on youtube diving into Ancient Chinese history, one of the most complex and "forgotten" part of human history. Please make more videos like these and tell the world what happened then. Well done!
There is nothing ancient about it. The devastating effect of Taiping and Boxer Rebellions are some of the the core reasons behind modern China's preference of any native regime over any form of government with Western influence no matter how benign: the last and only time Westerners influenced Chinese politics and culture, the most devastating crisis in Chinese history in term of regional loss of lives happened (Taiping Rebellion and to a lesser extent Boxer Rebellion). I suspect these 18th century and early 19th century crisis caused by Western mostly British Imperial activities dwarfed the Communist mismanagement of China during 1950s to 1980s, and I think that's the answer to the puzzling Chinese psyche: will follow CCP despite all the devastation early communists caused with their nonsensical murderous policies but are absolutely terrified of infiltration of any Western ideas. Again. Notice how modern China want to do business with the world and has been the biggest beneficiary of doing business with the West but, are, at the same time, absolutely stone wall against any form of political integration with the West no matter how minor or benign or beneficial/convenient it is to themselves.
@@pypy1986820You are out of your mind , the western missionary didn’t started the rebellion . Nor did they preached of rebellion and overthrow of the Ching imperial court . Hung’s claiming himself as Jesus brother also violate Christian teaching . It was hung’s own ambition that started the civil war . Religion was just an excuse for him to draw people into his cause. Just like the yellow turban rebellion . I am a Christian and a Chinese. What you said is quite offensive and kind of a whitewash to what the communist have done .
It's crazy to think that the American Civil war had only 600,000 deaths while this one had 20 million. And yet the American Civil War was considered to be the first modern war. But I dont think the comparison is pretty fair since they had a 10 year head start, and half of the casualties were probably civilians.
Hi, I loved the format and timeline that was used to present Hong Xiuquan and his life along with his historical relevance, this topic is extremely fascinating and infarct it was this video i watched back in January which made me peruse studying the topic of Chinese History as a subtopic among the history course i'm doing currently. This video is phenomenal. I had a question too, the music that start's at 2:06 really captured the mood of the scene, especially since you soon mention Hong Xiuquan who at this point was still a young intellectual mind attempting to find his way though Chinese society in his initial attempts and being an imperial scholar. Do you have a reference to the song or music in question? I'd highly appreciate it.
Hi, thanks so much for your comment, glad you enjoy :) Here us a link to the specific music : th-cam.com/video/yAHgqDPfaLM/w-d-xo.html If you wonder about any other ones I used, I have music credits at the end of my videos with each music in order of appearence ;)
@@History_of_China Hey, have ever thought of doing china other religious Rebellion? The Dungan Revolt (1862-1877) was a Muslim war in China that left anywhere from 8-12 million dead, and another 10 million became refugees, it was the 2nd deadliest war of the 1800s. There are hardly any videos on TH-cam explaining this deadly conflict!
Thank you for making this. I am studying this in my college world history (and the books they use are terrible at painting a picture of what happened) and this helped me a lot
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I only have one critique and that is that Hong did not awaken peacefully from his unconscious breakdown. For some period of time, he went kinda nutso. His brothers locked him in his room so he couldn't get out and he ran around and jumped on the bed and sang songs killing imaginary demons with an imaginary sword and talisman. "He was soon known in the whole district as the madman" - Hamberg, 1854. This is a tremendous overview!
I had trouble hearing what you were saying. You should ditch the music as it isn't necessary. Too many TH-cam presenters make this mistake and in most cases it thoroughly ruins what would otherwise be good material - wasting the viewers' time and their own. I would like to see you take down all your videos and start again - without the music, or at least turn it right down so that it is the music that is hard to hear and not your voice. We know what Chinese music sounds like - we don't know about your subject and want to know, otherwise we wouldn't go to it. I have given you a like, but I did so with reservations because of the music.
As a Singaporean Chinese, it constantly grinds my gears when the narrator pronounces Xiuquan as "Siao-chuan", instead of "See-ou Ch-ran". Other than that, it's a great documentary.
|> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> yesc... maybe about the resl history of china snd notthat iluter!inator bull crap ... something real ... like about taoism and the shsmanic roots ... and how it is when nonempath cobfuse then the teaching to something else... always hard to tell blind about colours ... that here is typical mindforming bullcrap ...kind of black magic shit when you can make things because a much different reson then lifestock should think then you can let make that think what you want ... a damed demoncult which created a third world with rotting that shamanic knowledge which let hopi grow maize in the desert with three times more nucleoid contense then thatshit what xou get on xour plate ... then you create a third world where xou can later take care off ... in soooo much "love" ... and soooo "innoncent" basicly ... that scum ... where should lead a "make love and raise in numbers" lead by people where a other system create already a big family?!!!! the turbo for the madness ... well ... the good are here the superbad ... which play with the other bad future for the real good. and homo not sapiens think reality tv is truth ... mortal ideots ... |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |>
|> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> hahahaha ... Im druid ... ask me in that pseudolove desertde!onshit system in austria ... the last dirt ... typical mindforming bullcrap ...kind of black magic shit when you can make things because a much different reson then lifestock should think then you can let make that think what you want ... a damed demoncult which created a third world with rotting that shamanic knowledge which let hopi grow maize in the desert with three times more nucleoid contense then thatshit what xou get on xour plate ... then you create a third world where xou can later take care off ... in soooo much "love" ... and soooo "innoncent" basicly ... that scum ... where should lead a "make love and raise in numbers" lead by people where a other system create already a big family?!!!! the turbo for the madness ... well ... the good are here the superbad ... which play with the other bad future for the real good. and homo not sapiens think reality tv is truth ... mortal ideots ... |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |> |>
People often say that reality is often stranger than fiction and even Mark Twain said something similar but I forget the exact quote but either way it’s strange how little things can become a big thing and I can only imagine what the World would be like if Hong had became a government official.
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Wow incredible video it helped me a lot thank you for making it. Can you make a video on boxer rebellion i would love to hear about it on this channel. love your videos they're great help.
I'm not well-versed in Chinese history or culture but I couldn't help but notice that the rebels (such as at 7:20 and 7:30 in the video) appear to wear a lot of yellow. I am aware of a prior revolt, the Yellow Turban Rebellion around 190 CE. Is yellow a color often associated with popular revolts in Chinese culture? Is there a reason for it?
Well made video but I couldn't help notice that you used pictures which are associated with the Yellow Bandit Rebellion (188 AD) ? Am I right or do those pictures coincidentally depict men wearing yellow ? Or is it because of a lack of pictures directly associated to the Taiping rebellion ?
Hi, well, many picture were associatedd with both rebellions, probably because the rebels wore somewhat similar head gear. But I must admit the images I could find were scarce, so I wasn't always sure they originally depicted the Taipings specifically :)
@@History_of_China Yes that's what I thought. I'm sure you could find more authentic images, however it would understandably take an excessive amount of digging & time. I also wonder if the Taiping rebels were in any way inspired by the yellow Turban rebellion ? In a sense it's unlikely because of the distant time frames however it's likely that rebels & highway bandits wore the same attire until recent the recent modernization / globalization period where everyone wears jeans. LOL. In any case, thank you for replying & keep up the great work, your channel will become very popular soon, I'm sure.
The Taiping Tianguo rebellion was very much part of the tradition of the Yellow Turbans at the end of the Han dynasty -- their very name, "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace" was literally taken from the phrases of the Yellow Turban, and the idea of Great Peace remains a central tenant of groups such as Falun Dafa (one of the reasons the Chinese government has repressed it).
@@jagvillani338 There may be some links & perhaps the leaders of the Taiping decided to associate themselves with the yellow turban rebellion as a way to garnering legitimacy ? however it must be noted that both rebellions were 1600 years apart. That is a long time.
Very well explained👌👌 Love from India❣️ Can you make a video on Canton trade system, it will be of great help... This was a topic of my v sem of graduation... Thanks for all helpful videos 👍👍
Did the Taiping Religion die after this rebellion? Are there any believers alive today? You'd think if tens of millions of people a century and a half believed that Jesus's brother was alive, some of those beliefs would linger.
They lingered on until the 1870s and were ultimately decimated and as for today I don’t think there’s any left but if they are they are so minimal nobody cares.
Hong Xiuquan who thought he was actually the brother of Jesus Christ himself led a deadliest Taiping rebellion in 1850-1864. He had half a million followers in the peasant war ever fought in China worse than the famous Boxer's Rebellion in 1900.
Not only that the guy failed exams and received visions from god himself. He was addicted to opium as well. And one should not forget that there was a huge anti-amnchu sentiment, specifically among Han chinese people at that time, that drove many of them to join the Taiping.
I fully intend to work my way through all the videos on this splendid channel - but is there, or will there be, one on this whole system of examinations? Thanks for all your work in giving us all this informatiob!
This might have been my great-great grandaddy. Or perhaps gguncle. As history is written by the winners, though, I can’t complete the link from my ggfather back the next step. I have the name of my gggfather as “Hung Soo” on his son’s death certificate. Pretty close. My surname, had our family come to Australia a bit later when Mandarin rather than Cantonese was the model for anglicising, would be Hong. The Hakka version is Fung (Hung/Hong was a Hakka) and I have been in touch with someone I refer to as Cousin Roy who actually can show a continuing link back to the Taipings.
I'm not a mouthpiece for the CCP, nor am I in favor of the current regime in China. However, anyone who thinks the CCP is unreasonably tyrannical or oppressive when it comes to their policies regarding the practice of organized religions like Christianity in its own state needs to educate himself with this chapter in China's modern history. The CCP has every incentive to keep the practice as well as the spread of such religious practices in check for the sake of the state's stability.
As Jesus said: "Watch and be aware, that u wont be ensnared! Because many will come under MY NAME and say: its ME (Jesus, the mesiah, gods brother etc.), and the time has come! DONT FOLLOW THEM! And if u hear of wars and uprisings, dont be suprised or scared about it. Because this has to happen first, but the end wont come that fast. And then he said to them: And there will rise nation against nation and kingdom against kindom, and big earthquakes and on several places famines and epidemics/plagues, also scary things and big signs from the sky. But before all this they will get their hands on u and persecute u, getting u to the synagoges and prisons to get u in front of kings and governors because of my name. It will become a testimony though." (Luke, 21 8-13) Dude, did he remain right! Jesus still MVP.
Yes it was incredible that this man with his mixed confused idea of Christianity would Gather so many followers but the Imps had nothing so they had nothing to loose. I wanted to hear about the green headed army and the American who led them..
DISCLAIMER : This was my first ever video. In hindsight, research, pronounciation, sound mixing, editing etc. are all pretty terrible in my opinion. I might remake it some day. Nonetheless, I hope you may still enjoy it :)
Namste.
Was confused about the year of Hong's birth at first.
1814 was it?
Said 1840 in the subs.
Despite few inaccuracies your effort is really commendable. Heck I was surprised you actually bothered to put disclaimer on a vid released few years ago.
If you feel bad just remember that in the English version of the game Dynasty Warriors, Koei dubbed Cao Cao as "Cow Cow" and only corrected it after several launches of the sequels. 🙃
As a layperson on the subject I really liked it
Bravo. Best Chinese history channel on TH-cam. Love to see what you could do with the support of a major international production company.
It's not the deadliest. The 1857. Sepoy mutiny in India - resulted in British killing 10 million Indians.
so a guy fails his exams, has a nervous breakdown, claims to be the son of god, and then starts one of the bloodiest conflicts in human history.
Basically, yeah
@@History_of_China you see, nowadays he'd just make memes.
Hahaha I suppose he would ^^
Not so different from the original one...
@@History_of_China truly, we live in more enlightened times
This is a really well made overview of one of the most bizarre and fascinating conflicts in human history, you've earned a subscriber sir.
Thanks so much, I'm really glad you appreciate it :)
History of China
Could you make a video about Hesen the government official of the Qing Dynasty who embezzeled Billions of dollars.
+Roger W Hi sorry I'd missed your comment ! I did not know about this person and I think he deserves a video some day !
What about the giant demon slaying sword?
>Hong xiuquan: *has mental breakdown and dreams his brother is Jesus
>China: fucking explodes into war
What people need to understand, is that less then 1% of those who tried actually passed the Imperial examination.
Hong Xiuquans family used to held scholary positions during the Ming dynasty. This placed a heavy burden upon Xiuquans shoulders as they expected him to restore his family's lost honor. At the same time, you have a system that heavily favors those of Manchu decent or those with deep connections within the Qing administration. Hong Xiuquan's familiy were of Hakka descent, a sub group of Han chinese. Which did not help him at the examination, as many families often used their wealth in order to gain an advantage at the examination. It was either that way, or you had to be extraordinary gifted, which Hong Xiuquan unfortunately wasn't.
He was Hakka? I didn't know that.
@@jameswilliams3241 Indeed, the Hakka's were, and still are, deeply discriminated in China.
Along with many other ethnic minorities.
@@wolfu597 I know, I became acquainted with many Hakka people in Hong Kong back in the early '70's. Many other Chinese crapped on them.
The missionary would never have imagined his preaching would make a Betterfly Effect in the country's history and many people's lives.
Missionary was behind the rise of the madman. The goal was to weaken China with internal strifes
chaos=missionary
@Merit Ocrassie u mean the same way as US created ISIS and then helping Muslim countries to defeat ISIS?
@@mohamed-2711 I don't think we can say that from what is presented here. He took the tracts but that does not mean that he studied under these people, and we don't know what the teachings were. The missionaries may not have even been Christian. Threw out history a lot of people came up with junk that had nothing to do with Christ stuck the word Christian on it and every body oh and ahed and go that's true just like some use the word science to day.
@@mohamed-2711 ....it sounds like you are trying to cause 'mischief' 🤔
Civil service: failing me created the greatest rebellion and chaos
Art school: *hold mein beer*
Adolf Hitler fail entrance in art school
Lmao
Yea, lenin got accepted to the uni but was expelled because of his...lets say "poitics".
This conflict has always fascinated me. It's not very well known in the West, often being overshadowed by other conflicts of the period, like the American civil war. Subbed.
The Taiping Rebellion does not get nearly enough press. So much attention put on European wars that were ultimately of less consequence. Good work sir!
Thank you !
The Taiping Rebellion resulted in 20 to 30 million deaths, that is way more than the total number of casualties in World War 1 (which is around 16 million). Possibly half as many deaths as World War 2. It deserves way more attention than it gets based on that alone.
@@Ozymandias1 World War 1 was far more significant though, particularly to Europeans.
@@Ozymandias1 Wrong.
WW1 resulted in roughly 40 million casualties....casualties refers to deaths AND injuries.
Nah this rebellion is meaningless
Well done sir! You definitely deserve more subscribers! Glad to see people on youtube diving into Ancient Chinese history, one of the most complex and "forgotten" part of human history. Please make more videos like these and tell the world what happened then. Well done!
Hi, thanks so much ! Many more videos to come :)
There is nothing ancient about it. The devastating effect of Taiping and Boxer Rebellions are some of the the core reasons behind modern China's preference of any native regime over any form of government with Western influence no matter how benign: the last and only time Westerners influenced Chinese politics and culture, the most devastating crisis in Chinese history in term of regional loss of lives happened (Taiping Rebellion and to a lesser extent Boxer Rebellion). I suspect these 18th century and early 19th century crisis caused by Western mostly British Imperial activities dwarfed the Communist mismanagement of China during 1950s to 1980s, and I think that's the answer to the puzzling Chinese psyche: will follow CCP despite all the devastation early communists caused with their nonsensical murderous policies but are absolutely terrified of infiltration of any Western ideas. Again. Notice how modern China want to do business with the world and has been the biggest beneficiary of doing business with the West but, are, at the same time, absolutely stone wall against any form of political integration with the West no matter how minor or benign or beneficial/convenient it is to themselves.
@@pypy1986820You are out of your mind , the western missionary didn’t started the rebellion . Nor did they preached of rebellion and overthrow of the Ching imperial court . Hung’s claiming himself as Jesus brother also violate Christian teaching . It was hung’s own ambition that started the civil war . Religion was just an excuse for him to draw people into his cause. Just like the yellow turban rebellion . I am a Christian and a Chinese. What you said is quite offensive and kind of a whitewash to what the communist have done .
This is so comprehensive, I love it. Also thanks for pronouncing the Chinese names correctly.
Really great. I have already been studying this and this adds so much more so quickly. Already subscribed. Keep it up thanks
Thanks so much! I'm really glad you enjoy, many more videos to come in the future :)
I find myself coming back to this video over & over again. Excellent quality.
It's crazy to think that the American Civil war had only 600,000 deaths while this one had 20 million. And yet the American Civil War was considered to be the first modern war. But I dont think the comparison is pretty fair since they had a 10 year head start, and half of the casualties were probably civilians.
Estimated to be 20-70million.
Music too loud. Hard to hear the speaker.
Thank you and appreciate you making these videos. There is a lack of English videos on Chinese History. (which is understandable)
Hi, thanks for the comment :)
never underestimate religious fanatics.
Or demonic spirit for that matter
.....or any fanatics, including those of the atheist political systems - Mao Zedong and Joseph Stalin.😉
And an Austrian kid who dreams of being an international artist.
@@raysonraypay5885 hurt ya feelings when the christcuckks fail in their mission and you term them as demonic. 😂
@@1969cmp including Medellin Albright and George Bush who killed half a million iraqi children for the so called democracy.
Oh gee, why didn't I read even a paragraph about this in my high school history classes?
Great video, new subscriber. Thank you.
This helped me with my social studies project thank you so. much!!
how does this video not have more views
cause its too serious and not like kings and generals. this video is great for people really interested in history.
I am here instead of studying for my exams. So watch out everyone.
What an incredible story that were true historical events in China. Thanks for educating us all!
Hi, I loved the format and timeline that was used to present Hong Xiuquan and his life along with his historical relevance, this topic is extremely fascinating and infarct it was this video i watched back in January which made me peruse studying the topic of Chinese History as a subtopic among the history course i'm doing currently. This video is phenomenal. I had a question too, the music that start's at 2:06 really captured the mood of the scene, especially since you soon mention Hong Xiuquan who at this point was still a young intellectual mind attempting to find his way though Chinese society in his initial attempts and being an imperial scholar. Do you have a reference to the song or music in question? I'd highly appreciate it.
Hi, thanks so much for your comment, glad you enjoy :)
Here us a link to the specific music : th-cam.com/video/yAHgqDPfaLM/w-d-xo.html
If you wonder about any other ones I used, I have music credits at the end of my videos with each music in order of appearence ;)
Nice! Been hunting China history videos for ages....
Crazy to think this rebellion took more lives than World War I...in a single country
This video is underrated for how well it was made.
Thanks a lot ! It was my very first video, I think I've improved quite a bit in editting since (music here is way too loud lol)
Thanks for watching :)
@@History_of_China Hey, have ever thought of doing china other religious Rebellion? The Dungan Revolt (1862-1877) was a Muslim war in China that left anywhere from 8-12 million dead, and another 10 million became refugees, it was the 2nd deadliest war of the 1800s. There are hardly any videos on TH-cam explaining this deadly conflict!
@@kakashi101able I plan to make a video on the Dungan Revolt, I just have a couple of projects to complete before :)
@@History_of_China If you want I could email you over photographs from Dungan Revolt
@@kakashi101able Sure, that would be great ! you can send it here : history.of.china1@gmail.com
You're right mom! I am gonna learn my exams so this won't happen to me, you're the best.
Less than 1k views? how.
Simple, because views accumulate over time. Look at it now...it's a process not an event.
This should be made into a movie. "The rise of the second Son of God"
Would like to give you two likes but TH-cam only allows one
Definitely deserves a biopic. There is a 2007 film called The Warlords that is set during the Taiping Rebellion, but it isn't about Hong Xiuquan
@@History_of_China yeah i just watched it before watching this video haha
wow this is really well made
Thank you for making this. I am studying this in my college world history (and the books they use are terrible at painting a picture of what happened) and this helped me a lot
Glad to hear it :)
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typical mindforming bullcrap ...kind of black magic shit
when you can make things because a much different reson then lifestock should think then you can let make that think what you want ...
a damed demoncult which created a third world with rotting that shamanic knowledge which let hopi grow maize in the desert with three times more nucleoid contense then thatshit what xou get on xour plate ... then you create a third world where xou can later take care off ... in soooo much "love" ... and soooo "innoncent" basicly ... that scum ...
where should lead a "make love and raise in numbers" lead by people where a other system create already a big family?!!!! the turbo for the madness ...
well ... the good are here the superbad ... which play with the other bad future for the real good.
and homo not sapiens think reality tv is truth ...
mortal ideots ...
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I just found a gold mine of a TH-cam channel
I only have one critique and that is that Hong did not awaken peacefully from his unconscious breakdown. For some period of time, he went kinda nutso. His brothers locked him in his room so he couldn't get out and he ran around and jumped on the bed and sang songs killing imaginary demons with an imaginary sword and talisman. "He was soon known in the whole district as the madman" - Hamberg, 1854. This is a tremendous overview!
Amazing and informative video!
Unfortunately the music was a bit too loud so I found it difficult to understand everything
Hi, yes indeed this was my very first video, and I had trouble with sound mixing...
Thanks for your comment though :)
Very good amd informative video but please make your voice louder, the music overshadows it a lot
I really enjoyed this, you did an excellent job with one exception. I found it difficult to hear clearly what you were saying.
Hi, thanks a lot ! This was my very first video, and I wasn't very good at sound mixing at the time, unfortunately. Glad you still enjoyed :)
I had trouble hearing what you were saying. You should ditch the music as it isn't necessary. Too many TH-cam presenters make this mistake and in most cases it thoroughly ruins what would otherwise be good material - wasting the viewers' time and their own. I would like to see you take down all your videos and start again - without the music, or at least turn it right down so that it is the music that is hard to hear and not your voice. We know what Chinese music sounds like - we don't know about your subject and want to know, otherwise we wouldn't go to it. I have given you a like, but I did so with reservations because of the music.
This video is part of my exam - wow, there is so much to remember.
Good luck !
Well I mean if you fail you can always just say you're Jesus's cousin
is you from ACG or just have same name as my classmate
@@alanzeng6993 yep it's me
@@danielg5761 yay
Great first video!
your videos are very useful, thank you so much
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoy :)
The sound on this vid isn't great but part 2 is fine :)
As a Singaporean Chinese, it constantly grinds my gears when the narrator pronounces Xiuquan as "Siao-chuan", instead of "See-ou Ch-ran".
Other than that, it's a great documentary.
This looks like a great video, I'm into the first 3 minutes. One criticism the background music is too loud.
I really do hope you start to upload regularly again.
Hi ! My computer broke down when I'd nearly finished Liu Bei's video. I'm trying to fix the situation as soon as possible. Thanks for your concern :)
@@History_of_China aw no problem I'm happy you replied! I'm glad things are going well and I can't wait I love liu bei!
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yesc... maybe about the resl history of china snd notthat iluter!inator bull crap ...
something real ... like about taoism and the shsmanic roots ... and how it is when nonempath cobfuse then the teaching to something else... always hard to tell blind about colours ...
that here is
typical mindforming bullcrap ...kind of black magic shit
when you can make things because a much different reson then lifestock should think then you can let make that think what you want ...
a damed demoncult which created a third world with rotting that shamanic knowledge which let hopi grow maize in the desert with three times more nucleoid contense then thatshit what xou get on xour plate ... then you create a third world where xou can later take care off ... in soooo much "love" ... and soooo "innoncent" basicly ... that scum ...
where should lead a "make love and raise in numbers" lead by people where a other system create already a big family?!!!! the turbo for the madness ...
well ... the good are here the superbad ... which play with the other bad future for the real good.
and homo not sapiens think reality tv is truth ...
mortal ideots ...
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Great documentary mate!
Hi, thanks a lot !
May be your first video ever but I still found it informative and interesting.
Thank you! I find it pretty cringe cause of the experience I now have in video editing, but I'm glad if people still enjoy it :)
I remember learning about the Taiping Rebellion from you 5+ years ago. I'm sure it brings even more nostalgic memories to you than me😂😂😅
Great video 👏👏👏👏👏👏
As someone going into graduate school I completely understand why despite disagreeing with his methodology
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hahahaha ... Im druid ... ask me in that pseudolove desertde!onshit system in austria ... the last dirt ...
typical mindforming bullcrap ...kind of black magic shit
when you can make things because a much different reson then lifestock should think then you can let make that think what you want ...
a damed demoncult which created a third world with rotting that shamanic knowledge which let hopi grow maize in the desert with three times more nucleoid contense then thatshit what xou get on xour plate ... then you create a third world where xou can later take care off ... in soooo much "love" ... and soooo "innoncent" basicly ... that scum ...
where should lead a "make love and raise in numbers" lead by people where a other system create already a big family?!!!! the turbo for the madness ...
well ... the good are here the superbad ... which play with the other bad future for the real good.
and homo not sapiens think reality tv is truth ...
mortal ideots ...
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There are several european volunteer fought for the taiping.example was the gun boat was funded by a englishmen
Absolutely, there were europeans fighting on both sides
Any sources? Further reading would improve this a lot.
Little Fires “God's Chinese Son: The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom of Hong Xiuquan” Paperback - December 17, 1996
by Jonathan D. Spence (Author)
People often say that reality is often stranger than fiction and even Mark Twain said something similar but I forget the exact quote but either way it’s strange how little things can become a big thing and I can only imagine what the World would be like if Hong had became a government official.
Fascinating! Thank you!
Excellent video, but there is some distortion on the voice track. Sounds like you have the mic turned up too high and it's clipping.
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no ... that was the wrath of asgard which could not bare that bullshit anymore ...
typical mindforming bullcrap ...kind of black magic shit
when you can make things because a much different reson then lifestock should think then you can let make that think what you want ...
a damed demoncult which created a third world with rotting that shamanic knowledge which let hopi grow maize in the desert with three times more nucleoid contense then thatshit what xou get on xour plate ... then you create a third world where xou can later take care off ... in soooo much "love" ... and soooo "innoncent" basicly ... that scum ...
where should lead a "make love and raise in numbers" lead by people where a other system create already a big family?!!!! the turbo for the madness ...
well ... the good are here the superbad ... which play with the other bad future for the real good.
and homo not sapiens think reality tv is truth ...
mortal ideots ...
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None the less, this video served its title.
I'm learning quite a lot thanks to your amazing content!
What are the factor leading to taiping rebellion?
Wow incredible video it helped me a lot thank you for making it. Can you make a video on boxer rebellion i would love to hear about it on this channel. love your videos they're great help.
Thanks ! I will make a video on the Boxers, but I have a few other things I'd like to make first :)
Glad you enjoy
@@History_of_China okay I'll be looking forward to your next video :)
I'm not well-versed in Chinese history or culture but I couldn't help but notice that the rebels (such as at 7:20 and 7:30 in the video) appear to wear a lot of yellow. I am aware of a prior revolt, the Yellow Turban Rebellion around 190 CE. Is yellow a color often associated with popular revolts in Chinese culture? Is there a reason for it?
Any information about painting on 7:46 ?
I think it's a photo from the Taiping museum in Nanjing
What is the music that you used for this video?
What is the background music? I like it alot. Great video btw!
Thanks ! All music credits are listed in order in the outro at 09:32 :)
great background music 👍👍
thanks !
What's the song at the end?
Kanye West is this dudes reincarnation
Nice explaination sir thank you
Glad you enjoyed
Well made video but I couldn't help notice that you used pictures which are associated with the Yellow Bandit Rebellion (188 AD) ? Am I right or do those pictures coincidentally depict men wearing yellow ? Or is it because of a lack of pictures directly associated to the Taiping rebellion ?
Hi, well, many picture were associatedd with both rebellions, probably because the rebels wore somewhat similar head gear. But I must admit the images I could find were scarce, so I wasn't always sure they originally depicted the Taipings specifically :)
@@History_of_China Yes that's what I thought. I'm sure you could find more authentic images, however it would understandably take an excessive amount of digging & time. I also wonder if the Taiping rebels were in any way inspired by the yellow Turban rebellion ? In a sense it's unlikely because of the distant time frames however it's likely that rebels & highway bandits wore the same attire until recent the recent modernization / globalization period where everyone wears jeans. LOL. In any case, thank you for replying & keep up the great work, your channel will become very popular soon, I'm sure.
No problem, thanks for your encouragement :)
The Taiping Tianguo rebellion was very much part of the tradition of the Yellow Turbans at the end of the Han dynasty -- their very name, "Heavenly Kingdom of Great Peace" was literally taken from the phrases of the Yellow Turban, and the idea of Great Peace remains a central tenant of groups such as Falun Dafa (one of the reasons the Chinese government has repressed it).
@@jagvillani338 There may be some links & perhaps the leaders of the Taiping decided to associate themselves with the yellow turban rebellion as a way to garnering legitimacy ? however it must be noted that both rebellions were 1600 years apart. That is a long time.
10/10 except for the loud background music lmao
Very well explained👌👌
Love from India❣️
Can you make a video on Canton trade system, it will be of great help...
This was a topic of my v sem of graduation...
Thanks for all helpful videos 👍👍
Thanks for your comment. I've briefly talked about the Canton system in my First Opium War video :)
Did the Taiping Religion die after this rebellion? Are there any believers alive today? You'd think if tens of millions of people a century and a half believed that Jesus's brother was alive, some of those beliefs would linger.
They lingered on until the 1870s and were ultimately decimated and as for today I don’t think there’s any left but if they are they are so minimal nobody cares.
Hong Xiuquan who thought he was actually the brother of Jesus Christ himself led a deadliest Taiping rebellion in 1850-1864. He had half a million followers in the peasant war ever fought in China worse than the famous Boxer's Rebellion in 1900.
What is the song you used for the background? It sounds a lot like 畫心 from 畫皮
Music credits are given at the end of the video :)
really interesting
What's the name of music on 2.25 and other area of the film?
Thank you for the awesome video btw. Nice channel.
oh thanks i watched until the end of the vid and found the credits
Thank you very much ! Yes, I always credit the musics at the end :)
"He ordered the city to be breached and all inhabitants to be executed" 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ I don't think this man was a Christian
I dunno checks out to me
He was clearly a depressed fanatic!
Idk about that. Christians do things like that all the time
@@johnnyjoestar5193 It says in the Bible explicitly not to do that
thanks Guy
What is the name of the music at 2:8?
th-cam.com/video/yAHgqDPfaLM/w-d-xo.html
Thank you
@@alijahalilovic32 No problem :)
Music? Good video by the way.
Thanks ! All musics are in the credits at the end of the video :)
Pray that the televangelists are not watching this.
Not only that the guy failed exams and received visions from god himself. He was addicted to opium as well. And one should not forget that there was a huge anti-amnchu sentiment, specifically among Han chinese people at that time, that drove many of them to join the Taiping.
That beat at the end tho. Where did you find it?
The Loyalist - Lotus Lane
I fully intend to work my way through all the videos on this splendid channel - but is there, or will there be, one on this whole system of examinations? Thanks for all your work in giving us all this informatiob!
Thank you ! I'd like to cover the Imperial Examinations system eventually, I'm just not too sure when. Thanks for following :)
A new version of Christianity. How exactly? What was his appeal? Thanks for the vid 😀
What is this banger of an outro song?
Lotus Lane by The Loyalist :)
After all the study of Christianity, you’d think he’d come to a different resolve.
This might have been my great-great grandaddy. Or perhaps gguncle. As history is written by the winners, though, I can’t complete the link from my ggfather back the next step. I have the name of my gggfather as “Hung Soo” on his son’s death certificate. Pretty close.
My surname, had our family come to Australia a bit later when Mandarin rather than Cantonese was the model for anglicising, would be Hong. The Hakka version is Fung (Hung/Hong was a Hakka) and I have been in touch with someone I refer to as Cousin Roy who actually can show a continuing link back to the Taipings.
And you wonder why China is so strict about religion.
THIS IS A GOOD VIDEO BUT THE MUSIC IS TOO LOUD
非常好的视频。。如果你加到中文字幕我很感激。
Feng Yunshan died in Quanzhou County, Guangxi, not Quanzhou, Fujian. The Taiping never had a strong presence there.
Can you make a video about the religion ?
Is it like the Mormon or Rastafari? I mean how is it Christian.
Is there movies on this?
Hi, I don't think there are any films, but there is a series on the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that came out in 2000 :)
@@History_of_China There is. Jet Li's Warlords
I'm not a mouthpiece for the CCP, nor am I in favor of the current regime in China. However, anyone who thinks the CCP is unreasonably tyrannical or oppressive when it comes to their policies regarding the practice of organized religions like Christianity in its own state needs to educate himself with this chapter in China's modern history. The CCP has every incentive to keep the practice as well as the spread of such religious practices in check for the sake of the state's stability.
Please don't use such loud background music its irritating 😢😢😢
Sorry, this was my first attempt at making videos, I didn't control everything very well!
Is the narrator from HK or Guangzhou? I was just wondering because of his accent.
I am not, but good guess :)
Excellent video. Christianity can be a very toxic societal poison, as the Taiping Rebellion is but one example.
thats why extreme immersion in religion is not allowed in china
As Jesus said: "Watch and be aware, that u wont be ensnared! Because many will come under MY NAME and say: its ME (Jesus, the mesiah, gods brother etc.), and the time has come! DONT FOLLOW THEM! And if u hear of wars and uprisings, dont be suprised or scared about it. Because this has to happen first, but the end wont come that fast. And then he said to them: And there will rise nation against nation and kingdom against kindom, and big earthquakes and on several places famines and epidemics/plagues, also scary things and big signs from the sky. But before all this they will get their hands on u and persecute u, getting u to the synagoges and prisons to get u in front of kings and governors because of my name. It will become a testimony though." (Luke, 21 8-13) Dude, did he remain right! Jesus still MVP.
6:14 the original Yellow Vests? 😁
It almost seem like he divided china into a rival empire between qing and taiping hakas!
Yes it was incredible that this man with his mixed confused idea of Christianity would
Gather so many followers but the Imps had nothing so they had nothing to loose.
I wanted to hear about the green headed army and the American who led them..
Christianity is inherently mixed and confused in any form
How accurate is this version?